Welcome to Volbeat!
Here's your pocket guide to the band.
Below the cut, you will find: the current band members, the past band members, Volbeat's discography, a basic history, and a directory of my tags.
If some sections are incomplete, it will be updated when I am able to do so.
Volbeat. The Band.
This Danish rock band formed in 2001 in Copenhagen. They play a fusion of rock and roll, heavy metal and rockabilly. The band is signed to Dutch label Mascot Records. The current line up consists of Michael Poulsen, Kaspar Boye Larsen, and Jon Larsen (no relation). As of now, they have been touring with Flemming C. Lund as their stand-in lead guitarist.
The band name "Volbeat" was derived from an album name of Michael's previous band, Dominus (1992-2001). Dominus's third album was titled Vol.Beat (read as: Volume Beat). Dominus was a death metal band and they parted ways when Michael wanted to leave the death metal scene and focus on a more personally stylized sound.
Their fanbase and website exclusive content is called the Rebels & Angels. Signing up is free and you can view content such as tour photos, tour pre-sales, the official band history verbiage, and wallpaper artworks.
One of the artists that does most of their album artwork is Karsten Sand. Here is a link to his Volbeat artworks on his official website.
The band's touring photographer since 2016 has been Britt Bowman. Here's a link to her Instagram and her website.
Follow the band on Instagram.
Current Band Members.
Michael Poulsen
Vocals, rhythm guitar
2001-present
Other current band: Asinhell
Previous bands: Dominus
Born on April 1st, 1975
Married to Jeanet Carlsen since 2022. Previously married to Lina Schøn, 2010-2015. Has two children with Jeanet. Has three sisters (one of which is his twin! And the other two are eachothers twins).
Michael's Instagram. (He rarely posts - I believe he got an account because Britt most likely told him that it'd help lower the amount of fake Michael Poulsen accounts on IG. Which reminds me, be wary of fake Michael and Rob accounts!)
Kaspar Boye Larsen
Bass, backing vocals
2016–present
Other current band: Anti Ritual
Previous bands: The Kandidate, The Autovermietung, Thorium, Withering Surface, Parasight
Born on March 10, 1975
Married to Charlotte. Has a son. Has a brother and a sister.
Kaspar's Instagram.
Jon Larsen
Drums
2001-present
Previous bands: Moratorium, The Scent
Born on June 13, 1970
Married to Jendi. Has two daughters.
Jon's Instagram.
Past Band Members.
Teddy Vang
Lead guitar
2001–2002
Other bands:
Franz "Hellboss" Gottschalk
Lead guitar, backing vocals
2002–2006
Other bands: Illdisposed, Deadly Sins, Dominus, Hypodermic
Thomas Bredahl
Lead guitar, backing vocals
2006–2011
Other bands: Skullclub, Gob Squad
Born on November 2, 1980
Thomas's Instagram.
Anders Kjølholm
Bass, backing vocals
2001–2015
Other bands: Dominus, Ace it Moe, Superloader
Born on March 4, 1974, as Anders Nielsen
Anders's Instagram.
Rob Caggiano
Lead guitar [1], backing vocals [1], bass [2]
[1] 2013–2023, [2] 2016
Other bands: Boiler Room, Anthrax, The Damned Things
Born on November 7th, 1976
Rob's Instagram.
#funfact : Rob was the only member of the band ever to not be from Denmark
Discography.
The Strength/The Sound/The Songs (2005)
Volbeat [Demo] (2002)
Beat the Meat [Demo] (2003)
Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil (2007)
Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008)
Beyond Hell/Above Heaven (2010)
Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies (2013)
Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie (2016)
Rewind, Replay, Rebound (2019)
Hokus Bonus (Vinyl Only) (2020)
Servant of the Mind (2021)
God of Angels Trust (2025)
I will make a separate post for their discography with the album covers (as I can only attach so many images in a post). You can find this in the future under the tag "volbeat discography" and/or "leviathan's pocket guide to volbeat".
Leviathan's Tumblr Tags.
To save confusion in this post, I will be writing my hashtags within quotation marks. If there is no description underneath the tag, that is because I believe it is self-explanatory.
In addition to these tags, each member, album, song, and year will have their own tags. I will also be tagging locations and venue names when I can find them and their instruments that they are using. I've also started tagging what they're wearing. Wanna see who's a Misfits fan? Search on my page for "Misfits shirt" or any other band. (I've just started this so the variety won't be much at first)
"Leviathan opens her mouth"
This tag will be used on my personal blog posts. The content of these posts will generally be whatever's on my mind at the time.
"On the mind"
This tag will be used for other people's blog posts. The content here is basically other people's opinions.
"Ask box"
Answers/responses to my ask box.
"Volbeat gifs"
"Music"
This tag will have audio attachments that will allow you to listen to whichever song. As of now, they're all Volbeat songs. If I mention a different band, their music will be linked outside of tumblr and will probably be tagged "find new music".
"Volbeat TikTok"
Where I repost Volbeat's TikTok videos.
"Volbeat discography"
Information regarding Volbeat's albums.
"Volbeat lyrics"
"Volbeat news"
"Volbeat interview"
"Volbeat history"
"Volbeat band art"
Official artworks for the band including art for albums, promos, and merchandise.
"Volbeat band fanart"
"Michael imitating Elvis"
I'm not entirely sure I'll have much for this tag but I have noticed that Michael likes to imitate his idol 😊
"Elvis fan"
Similar but different to the last tag. This will be pretty much any reference Michael makes about his love for The King.
"The many faces of a rockabilly metal dork"
The collection of funny faces that Michael makes. I think he got bored over years of having his picture taken, he's started making weird faces lol
"Muskles"
When Michael does that thing where he pretends to have bigger biceps
"Michael's devil horns"
The iconic devil horns that Michael is contractually obliged to make at least once per concert. Just kidding, but he really does do it often 😂
"Michael's T Shirts"
I'll find the exact shirt that he's wearing in an image and give some background on what it is. This is generally going to be his band shirts and I'll also add YouTube links to some of their music for you to check out!
"Michael's Tattoos"/"Kaspar's Tattoos"/"Rob's Tattoos"
"Michael Wearing Glasses"/"Kaspar Wearing Glasses"
"Rob with his hair down"
"Guitar gun"
When the guys look down the neck of their guitar like it's a gun barrel. (I've seen Michael and Thomas do this)
"Volbeat concert images"
"Cadillac Blood Lore"
"Lockscreens"
"Volbeat band memes"
"Volbeat dreams"
I know you have them! Send the story to my ask box and I'll post it with this tag!
"Volbeat Concert Stories"
Send them in!
"Stage Talk"
Stuff that was said during a concert.
"Leviathans Volbeat Pokemon card"
This was a joke but i got a Volbeat pokemon card so that if I ever meet them, I can have them sign it. (I'm not even into pokemon, I just thought it'd be funny - its probably not that original though)
These tags will be updated if I add more. Some of them don't have anything yet, but that is because they are in my queue. If you don't see anything under the tag, try searching directly from my page instead of the entirety of Tumblr. Sometimes they don't show up otherwise 😬
If you have any Volbeat content or opinions, feel free to send them my way!
